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Kingston Technology 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive | 
 enlarge | Brand: Kingston
Category: CE
Buy New: £14.99
New (18) from £14.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 67
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 0.8 x 0.4 x 2.6
MPN: DTI/8GB
Model: DTI/8GB
UPC: 740617128239
EAN: 0740617128239
ASIN: B0012X5766
Release Date: January 31, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Hi Speed Flash Drive | | • | HUGE 8GB Capacity | | • | USB 2.0 | | • | Plug and play |
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Product Description
Now you can store carry and transfer large files in an affordableconvenient device. The DataTraveler from Kingston helpsbudget-conscious users break storage barriers allowing them toeasily store and move large files in a device no bigger than apocke
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| Customer Reviews:
 Excellent April 29, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Have just purchased this product from Amazon. Have been using it non stop for nearly a week and I am extremely pleased with it, just plug it in and it works straight away. Its fast and does exactly what you expect it to do. Its in a nice sturdy case. Excellent. It arrived within 3 or 4 days of ordering, no problem there, but when you consider I was charged over 9(2 items in order sent in 2 parcels) which to my mind is excessive, they are very light and could have been packaged together for one postage charge!
 Good and Bad April 23, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
It works OK on my newish home PC using Windows XP Pro SP2, but these drives of course aren't renowed for their speed (8GB in about 45 minutes?).
Different matter on my 3 year old office PC also using XP Pro SP2. Copied small files OK but gave write errors with large files or lots of small ones. I have the Data traveller 2GB version and that works Ok in both PCs.
Your mileage may vary.
Update: I bought the PNY Attache 8GB and it worked fine in both PCs.
The best USB flash I've owned - I don't need secure features and this one's faster than the 4Gb version April 19, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I only buy cheap branded USB2 flash drives for under 30 and don't need security features. In fact if it's lost I am happy for someone to find my name & work phone number so it can be returned - although I do write all this on the white surface of this USB stick. This 8Gb one feels very solid, looks good (but I far prefer the green 2Gb and purple 4Gb versions). My 4Gb version came with a classy clip on string loop that you can attach to stuff, but this latest 8Gb version didn't, which was a disappointment. However the attachment point is flimsy plastic so I never use it that way - and don't expect this cheap non-metal cased drive to survive long on your key-ring anyway. Safely stored during transport, three [4Gb] flash drives from this range have worked for me & the kids for over a year, so it's also reliable - but naturally you can't treat it as a safe backup device for crucial files. Being USB2 flash it's also slow compared to system bus speeds, and only suitable for transferring a small number of files (say up to a few 100Mb per day) to and from work, although expect the 8Gb space to clog up over time. The 8Gb RAM itself should last between 12 and 50 years [about 100,000 cycles], but the mechanical USB connector is prone to failure anytime. For older USB1 equipped PCs install a Belkin 5-port USB2 PCI card (it's 40x faster and large file transfers just don't seem to like USB1) - these Belkin USB2 cards works fine with this flash drive in my two 7 year old PIII & Athlon [1GHz XP] PCs. This 8Gb traveller flash drive sits at the bottom of Kingston's range, and they designate it as `consumer' rather than 'corporate/government' quality, i.e. it's not as well built, secure or as fast as more expensive Kingston flash drives. It still comes with a 5 year warranty though.
Being USB2, this Kingston flash drive is fast enough for my simple home/work file transfer needs, e.g. 30 files at 130 Mb copy in 20 seconds, and 230 MP3 files at 600Mb copy in one minute 30 seconds [and delete in just 22 seconds]. This is twice as fast as my old 4Gb traveller version [green one]. For transfers of over 1Gb of data I'd write a DVD-R/RW though, and for regular transfer of data this size I'd use my bijou 60Gb external 2.5" laptop hard-drive anyway. I don't need ReadyBoost stuff for Vista - I just add 4Gb PC system RAM running at full bus speed instead [some say these RAM disks work with Vista ReadyBoost for them, some say it doesn't - but at the speed these flash drives run, who cares]. The 8Gb's black/white design does mean its also less easy to spot lying about than it's lower capacity green/purple cousins. The end cap clips on firmly though, so you should only loose it when the drive is plugged into a PC (and then it will be lying somewhere nearby). I keep the drive in its original blister pack (cut off the sealed edge carefully), and jam it all in the outer pocket of my backpack - which gives extra protection from dust and shoves, plus it makes the drive easy to find when ferreting about. For under twenty quid, this is a great product, just a shame it looks rather dull in it's black/white colour scheme compared to others in this budget Kingston range.
got the 1gb and 8gb April 3, 2008
4 out of 15 found this review helpful
i got the 1 gb version about a year ago now and it is a great peice of equipment. the 8gb is the same design with a higher storage capacity. both very good products at excellenct prices
Kingston Technology 8GB March 12, 2008
11 out of 54 found this review helpful
Hi
I have just ordered this item and can not wait for it to get here. I have got the Kingston Technology 1GB flash drive but I found I was filling it really fast so I decided to get this 8GB. Kingston Technology is a really good make of a flash drive it transfers data on to it and off it really fast. This is one of the best makes of flash drive I have ever had.
Hope this helps Mick
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